We deliver more than just food. We deliver independence.
Mobile Meals helps those needing assistance with diet and meal preparation, regardless of age or income, so they can remain in their homes and retain the dignity and independence they cherish. What’s more, home deliveries serve as a regular checkup on our clients’ health and wellbeing.
We deliver more than just food. We deliver independence.
Mobile Meals helps those needing assistance with diet and meal preparation, regardless of income, so they can remain in their homes and retain the dignity and independence they cherish. What’s more, home deliveries serve as a regular checkup on our clients’ health and wellbeing.
Our home-delivered “Meals on Wheels” program serves more than 1,900 clients annually.
Over 250 volunteers deliver approximately 300,000 nutritious meals to homebound people who are elderly, ailing, or physically disabled every year. Packaged with every meal are the dignity and independence everyone treasures.
With their nutritional needs met, and with our concerned volunteers checking on them with each delivery, many of our clients can postpone or eliminate the need for more extensive and expensive care arrangements.
OUR HISTORY
As told by Carolinea Heintz
The history of Mobile Meals of Toledo dates back to the 1960s, when a small group of women set out to establish a home-delivered food program. Their goal was to provide nutritious and tasty food to those who were unable to prepare or obtain adequate meals during periods of convalescing or need. The intention was to serve anyone who would benefit from the program—regardless of income—with an initial emphasis on elderly clients.
Before long, a volunteer corps of thirty women (mostly wives of area physicians and dentists) had established what began as a six-month pilot project. On December 4, 1967, Mobile Meals delivered its first meals to just four clients. But as word of the program spread, demand rapidly increased. In its first three years in operation, Mobile Meals grew to over 500 volunteers and delivered 74,730 meals to 550 clients.
Mobile Meals volunteers were delivering more than meals – they were delivering independence. For many homebound clients, Mobile Meals became their only contact with the outside world, and they relied on the volunteers to check on them daily. It’s that personal contact that our clients and their families still value most about Mobile Meals.
Today, Mobile Meals has over 600 volunteers, who deliver more than 326,000 nutritious meals annually. Since our humble beginnings, we have inspired and helped communities around the country set up their own home-delivered meal programs. And we continue to deliver independence every day.
In 2008, Mobile Meals launched the Weekender Program to provide food to schoolchildren who would otherwise get inadequate nourishment over the weekend. Qualifying students receive a bag of food to take home with them every Friday afternoon during the school year. The Weekender Program helps ensure that students have enough to eat all weekend long so they can come to school Monday morning nourished and ready to learn.
The history of Mobile Meals of Toledo dates back to the 1960s, when a small group of women set out to establish a home-delivered food program. Their goal was to serve anyone who would benefit from the program—regardless of income—with an initial emphasis on elderly clients.
Before long, a volunteer corps of thirty women had established what began as a six-month pilot project. On December 4, 1967, Mobile Meals delivered its first meals to just four clients. But as word of the program spread, demand rapidly increased. Mobile Meals grew to over 500 volunteers in its first three years in operation and delivered 74,730 meals to 550 clients.
Mobile Meals volunteers were delivering more than meals – they were delivering independence. For many homebound clients, Mobile Meals became their only contact with the outside world, and they relied on the volunteers to check on them daily.
Today, Mobile Meals has over 250 volunteers who deliver nearly 300,000 nutritious meals annually, and they continue to deliver independence with every bag.
PET FOOD DELIVERY
Mobile Meals of Toledo volunteers and employees deliver pet food to clients with animal companions.
The program originated when team members and volunteers noticed that many low-income clients who couldn’t afford to buy pet food were sharing their home-delivered meals with their beloved dogs and cats.
When Pet food deliveries occur, Mobile Meals provides enough food to last a couple of months. Donations from the community support this program.
MOBILE MEALS FOUNDATION
The Mobile Meals Foundation is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization whose sole purpose is to support the programs of Mobile Meals.
The Mobile Meals Foundation was established in 2003 to raise money and provide faithful stewardship of the funds entrusted to Mobile Meals of Toledo.
